English-Portuguese translations for grow up

• crescer
  Na verdade, os pais nem sempre conseguem ver os seus filhos crescer. In fact, parents cannot always bear to see their children grow up.
  Refiro-me, designadamente, ao direito que assiste a cada criança de crescer num ambiente intacto. By this I mean the right of every child to grow up in an intact environment.
  Desta forma, poderemos realmente garantir que as crianças possam crescer num ambiente tranquilo. We can really ensure that children grow up in a calm environment.

Definition of grow up

• To mature and become an adult
• To start to develop; to flourish
• To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection

Examples

• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• Socialism grew up in the industrial cities
• Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?

Related words

• grow stupid
• grown up
• grown up points
• grown-up
• upgrow
• upgrowth
• grownup
• adult; grown-up